Louisiana Law Restricting Abortion Pills as ‘Controlled Substances’ Goes Into Effect, by Calvin Freiburger

(LifeSiteNews) — A Louisiana law classifying abortion pills as controlled substances took effect this week, prompting the mainstream press to promote claims that women’s lives will be endangered as a result.

As previously covered by LifeSiteNews, the Catherine and Josephine Herring Act puts mifepristone and misoprostol, two drugs commonly used in combination to cause chemical abortions, on Louisiana’s list of Schedule IV drugs under its Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances law, classifying them as drugs considered to have the potential for abuse or dependence. It makes possession without a prescription a criminal offense subject to significant fines and up to 10 years in prison. It does not prohibit the pills for non-abortion purposes. …